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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-43

…000.IV. - For series in the first group mentioned in I, the applicable coefficient is increased by 25% for the first 600 minutes produced when:1° Each episode lasts between 45 and 52 minutes;2° The w…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 7: Reduction in royalties

Article R613-63

…of education or research or to those of companies with fewer than 1,000 employees and no more than 25% of whose capital is held by another entity that does not meet the same condition. Once obtained,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article R151-6

…fairs, labour and employment and to the director; b) the references to articles L. 115-6 and L. 161-25-1 of the Social Security Code are replaced by the reference to Article 19 of Order no. 96-1122 of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Obligations to report to the Deputy European Public Prosecutor

Article D47-1-37

…5°, it shall be specified whether the judicial authority considers that, in accordance with Article 25(3) of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017, the European Public Prosecutor's Offi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Occupational health

Article R1262-9

…dico-social establishments, the provisions of articles R. 4623-1 to R. 4626-19, R. 4626-21, R. 4626-25 to D. 4626-32 are applicable. In the agricultural professions, the provisions of articles R. 717-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations arising from the results of location surveys

Article R1334-29-3

…r after the containment system has been dismantled, under the conditions defined in article R. 1334-25. This level must be less than or equal to five fibres per litre. The organisation that takes the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Beneficial owner

Article R561-1

…f Article L. 561-2-2, means the natural person(s) who either directly or indirectly holds more than 25% of the company's capital or voting rights, or by any other means exercises control over the comp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Dotation départementale d'équipement des collèges (Departmental grant for secondary school facilities)

Article R3334-18

…in the second paragraph of article 15-1 of the aforementioned law no. 83-663 of 22 July 1983. The remainder is distributed as follows: 1° 40%, in proportion to the total developed surface area of scho…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-26

By way of derogation from 2° of Article R. 5121-25, for the medicinal products mentioned in this article, the dossier attached to the marketing authorisation application is compiled under the followin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Coverage of apprenticeship contracts

Article D6332-78

…training centres to be financed by skills operators under the conditions set out in article R. 6332-25. II.This level of funding includes the following administrative management and production costs:…

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